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25 November 2011

SfC&D and employers secure investment for the social work, social care and children's workforce

Skills for Care and Development (SfC&D) is delighted to announce that it has secured £2.2million to invest in employer initiatives to continue the development of this very important, highly skilled workforce.

This funding has been awarded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills following a competitive bid for funding from the Employer Investment Fund (EIF).

Social care and children's services are required in every single community, supporting (often vulnerable) families, and providing many more people with work. This work is invaluable to the whole population. Quality services in early years, for example, help to give children the best start possible.

Every day the dedicated and skilled workers in social work, care and children's services give 5 million people in the UK support, keeping them safe and promoting independence and participation in employment and communities.

For crucial continued investment in the social work and care sector, we worked with employers across the UK to develop and submit high quality proposals for tools, solutions and developments needed by the sector.

Professor David Croisdale-Appleby OBE, Chair of SfC&D said: "This funding is a testament to the recognition of the pivotal importance of the sector in the UK economy. A high functioning and skilled social care, social work and children's services sector is a vital support to the economic growth and high quality services we need in the UK"

Sarah McCarty, Executive Director of SfC&D said: "We are very pleased to announce that we have been successful in securing investment for the delivery of four innovative initiatives to help develop our workforce. This was made possible by dynamic engagement with, and commitment from our employers to identify and develop the winning proposals."

SfC&D is the Sector Skills Council for the social work, social care and children's workforce across the whole of the UK made up of Skills for Care, the Children's Workforce Development Council (also for England), the General Social Care Council, the Scottish Social Services Council, the Care Council for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.

Our ambition, which we share with employers in this sector, is for a world class workforce; a high impact, progressive workforce that contributes to the UK's economic growth. It will sustain communities, support people's ability to work longer, live in mainstream society and have a higher quality of life, less diminished by health and social conditions. It will increase public confidence and trust in the services provided across the UK.

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